January 2009 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 29.
Maritime History:
Various Articles from the 1800s
miles away. As she neared they found her to The schooner J. S. LAMPREY, heading from
be the FRANKFORT three days out of Bal- Thomaston to New York, took off the crew
timore. Captain Lowell informed them that and landed them at Vineyard Haven. Not
their vessel was coming apart and that they long after being abandoned, the RICH was
needed to be taken off. The captain then went picked up by the schooner SAMUEL F.
below and woke his wife and daughter and THORP, Captain Pierce, and towed to Minot’s
dressed them in heavy coats. The seas were Ledge. Captain Reitts will try to reach an
running high and the third officer and four agreement with Captain Pierce so as to regain
men volunteered to attempt the rescue. The his schooner. The RICH was built in Brewer
came along side and the captain’s wife and in 1881 and is owned in Machias.
daughter were first to be put on board. The * * * * *
last to go on board was the captain and they 11 September 1902 – It was reported that
all realized that their rescue had come just in the schooner FANNIE E. WOLSTON, which
time. was abandoned off the Virginia coast, had
* * * * * been adrift for four years and had traveled
26 November 1901 – The five masted 9,115 miles. She was making a voyage
schooner JAMES W. PAUL JR., was launched Brunswick, GA with a load of lumber for
from the yard of McKay & Dix at Bucksport. Boston.
She will be under the command of Captain A. The schooner JEREMIAH SMITH is at
L. Kent of Brewer and will operate out of New the Augusta Lumber Company, Augusta
York. Her dimensions are length 250 feet; loading dimension lumber and is the biggest
beam 43 feet and depth 21.9 feet. vessel the company has ever loaded. The
The Italian bark VEGA and the tug BISMARCK at Bangor.
* * * * * SMITH will load 400,000 feet of lumber with
5 August 1902 – While at anchor the a value of about $7,000. The SMITH could designed by D. E. Ford of New York and her * * * * *
Calais two-masted schooner SENATOR actually load another 100,000 feet but her dimensions are length 295 feet 3 inches, 9 January 1903 – The well known ship-
GRIMES, Captain Hooper, was carrying a captain feels that she may draw to much Beam 45 feet 2 inches, and draft 26 feet 3 builder, J. J. Wardwell of Rockland, watched
load of coal to South Amboy, NJ when she water to navigate the river. inches. a vessel enter Rockland that looked familiar.
was in a collision and sunk off Martha’s * * * * * * * * * * She was ELMARANDA. Wardwell said, “She
Vineyard between West Chop and Nobska. 20 September 1902 – The Canadian 487- 4 October 1902 – The three-masted was my second offense. I designed and built
The SENATOR GRIMES was anchored ton three-masted schooner GLENROSA, schooner WILLIAM BISBEE was launched the ELMARANDA at Stockton Springs in
northwest by north of West Chop light about Captain G. C. Finley, struck Ram Island ledge from the Snow yard at Rockland. 1874 when I was but 21 years old and she was
one and a half miles off due to a foul tide and in thick fog and will be a total loss. The * * * * * the second one I ever designed. She was bark
light winds when she was struck by the GLENROSA departed Parrsboro with a load 2 January 1903 – The 301
st
vessel built by rigged then and was regarded as a beauty.
barges CHEMUNG and MUSCONETONG in of soft coal for Portland. As they were enter- the New England Company, the 686-ton four- She was built for Captain Crawford Staples of
tow of the tug SCRANTON. The captain of ing Portland the lookout on the bow called for masted schooner HOPE SHERWOOD, was Stockton Springs, was of 600 tons and since
the GRIMES was asleep when he was awoke the wheel to be put over, but before she could launched at Bath on Thursday. She is of the her 28 years of life has sailed around the
by a crew member before the collision and clear the stern struck and then she was same model as the INEZ CARVER and FRED world touching, as the vessels of those days
watched the CHEMUNG hit the SCRANTON picked up by a wave and became broadside DAVENPORT and was constructed with hard did, in nearly all ports of civilization and many
forward and carry away the bowsprit and to the rocks. By early morning the seas were frames, yellow pine planking and ceiling and uncivilized ones on the globe. Strange, too,
head gear. Then the MUSCONETONG hit washing over the schooner, which was nearly masts of Oregon pine. The galley and mess in her 28 years she has never been repaired.”
the schooner amidships putting a hole in her broken in two. The crew grabbed their per- is aft all finished out in ash and cherry. The The ST. DAVID was going from Manila
starboard side causing her to sink in four sonal belongings and made their way ashore. forward house contains the engine room, to Tacoma, WA when she was struck by a
minutes. The GRIMES was built at Perry in The GLENROSA was built at Cheveric, Nova fo’c’sle and engineer’s room. Her dimen- typhoon and dismasted. At Manila Captain
1866 and was owned by the James Murchie Scotia in 1890. She was owned by Peter S. sions are length 172.8 feet; beam 36.6 feet, Harrington and given up command to Cap-
& Sons of Calais. Blake of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia and with and depth 14 feet. Her lower masts are 98 feet tain Ryder, who was told that there were
* * * * * cargo is valued at $40,000. high, the rigging is wire with turnbuckles and enough provisions to make Tacoma. A few
6 August 1902 – The steam yacht HEL- * * * * * she will carry about 2,400 yards of sail. Her days out there realized that the provisions
ENA was launched at the Eastern Manufac- 2 October 1902 – The four-masted schoo- cost is about $40,000. She is partially owned were running out. When 50 days out and
turing Company in South Brewer. As the ner SAMUEL W. HATHAWAY was and operated by Captain C. A. Davis of about 85 miles from the Japanese coast they
yacht began to go down the ways, Helena launched from the E. & I. K. Stetson yard in Somerset, MA. This is the third vessel he has were hit by the typhoon. They suffered for
Ayer broke a bottle of wine one her bow and Brewer. With approximately 5,000 spectators had built at Bath. The first was the three- another eight days before the were sighted
said, “I christen thee HELENA.” HELENA lining the Bangor and Brewer waterfront masted schooner WILLIAM P. HOOD 22 by the Japanese vessel AMERICAN MARU,
was designed and built under the direction of Miss Buela Kent, daughter of the captain, years ago, which was followed by the four- who gave them some provisions. Captain
Charles B. Clark, superintendent of Eastern took her place on the bow and when the master B. F. POOLE, built by William Rogers Ryder then thought that he would be able to
Manufacturing Company and the master vessel began her slid into the Penobscot 17 years ago. The SHERWOOD was de- get the ST. DAVID into Yokohama where
builder was O. A. Harkness of Camden. The River, she christened her by tossing an ar- signed for the lumber trade and will run repairs could be made. John McDonald of
HELENA was the first steam pleasure boat of rangement of flowers over the bow. She was mostly for the James A. Potter & Co. of Bath built this vessel in 1877 and she was
this size built on the Penobscot River. She then taken to the dock where numerous Providence. She will carry 600,000 board feet owned in New York by the Flint & Co.
had been started last fall. The engines for her people came onboard to see her. of lumber of 1,200 tons of coal. Her master will * * * * *
were built at the plant and were also designed The SAMUEL W. HATHAWAY was be M. L. Gilbert of Rockland, formerly of the 12 January 1903 – Captain Alfred
by Clark. She has a gross tonnage of 94 tons, built using Nova Scotia spruce for her frames, three-masted schooner ISLESBORO, who is Sorensen of Somerville, MA was presented
length 91 feet 8 inches, beam 17 feet 2 inches hard pine for her planking and the masts were just 25 years old. She will be ready to sail to an award for the rescue to the crew from the
and draft 10 feet 4 inches. Down below she of Oregon pine. She was built by James New York where she will load coal for Provi-
has crew’s quarters forward, heading aft are Trahey of Parrsboro, Nova Scotia and his
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dence.
quarters for the captain and engineer, fol- son John was the foreman and oversaw her
lowed by the galley, engine room, and then planking. He caulking was overseen by the
the owner’s stateroom. The owner’s state- yard and was headed Edward Showman. The
NEW RELEASE!
room is comprised of a double berth with a sail plan and sails were done by J. D. Mulvney
separate head with bath tub. Behind the of Bangor. The rigging was done by Gardner
owner’s stateroom is the main cabin, which of Castine and the iron work was performed
contains a settee on either side, which can be by Hiram Eaton. She is 1,038 gross tons,
converted into berths. In the centre is a large length 206.5 feet, beam 38.3 feet, depth 18.4
table. Further aft is another large room with feet and will carry approximately 1,400 tons.
two bunks on each side and two heads. On She also sports a steam engine to assist in
deck is an 18-foot house, which has the hoisting the anchor and sails and a naphtha
pilothouse forward and a dining room aft. Her launch. The helmsman is protected by a small
engine is a triple expansion which develops house and the interior of the cabin is elabo-
300 hp and will push her along at 15 knots. rately finished with sycamore. Crowell &
* * * * * Thurlow of Boston, E. & I. K. Stetson and
16 August 1902 – The 92-ton two-masted Captain Kent are the principal owners of this
schooner LIZZIE C. RICH, Captain Reitts, new vessel.
was heading from Machias with a load of The Arthur Sewall Company in Bath was
lumber for Boston when she was abandoned the place to be as a large crowd gathered to
This is a history of the Gardiner G. Deering yard of Bath, which was one of the
25 miles off Cape Cod. Early in the voyage she watch the launching of the 3,000 ton four-
preminent yards during the mid to late 1800s. Only 1,000 copies published!
was hit by a heavy gale and strained. She masted steel barge, NO. 93, built for the
$60.00
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